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You've heard it a thousand times. You're watching a video on Website/YouTube and suddenly they ask you "and please subscribe to our channel", or maybe they tell you where their subscribe button is located since you could never hope to find it on your own. Typically, any "professional-ish" Website/YouTube video closes with anywhere from 15 seconds to 2 minutes of screens full of flashing animated "Click Me! Click Me!" buttons trying to entice the viewer to subscribe and/or watch all the other videos in the channel, as well as exhortations to like and/or comment on the video. This is [[InherentInTheSystem encouraged by the site]]: likes, subscriptions, and comments are all factored into the algorithm as a sign that the video is worth spreading, so it is basically mandatory for creators on the site to encourage that engagement to grow or maintain relevance and visibility.

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You've heard it a thousand times. You're watching a video on Website/YouTube Website/YouTube, and suddenly they ask you "and please you're asked to "please subscribe to our channel", or maybe they tell you you're told where their the subscribe button is located since you could never hope to find it on your own. Typically, any "professional-ish" Website/YouTube video closes with anywhere from 15 seconds to 2 minutes of screens full of flashing animated "Click Me! Click Me!" buttons trying to entice the viewer to subscribe and/or watch all the other videos in the channel, as well as exhortations to like and/or comment on the video. This is [[InherentInTheSystem encouraged by the site]]: likes, subscriptions, and comments are all factored into the algorithm as a sign that the video is worth spreading, so it is basically mandatory for creators on the site to encourage that engagement to grow or maintain relevance and visibility.

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* ''The Duel Logs'' uses an indirect variation: the videos end with "did you know, only X% of people who watch these videos are actually subscribed to the channel?"

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* ''The Duel Logs'' ''WebVideo/TheDuelLogs'' uses an indirect variation: the videos end with "did you know, only X% of people who watch these videos are actually subscribed to the channel?"



* [[Website/TeamNightSaturn Jack Skyblue]] is [[https://www.facebook.com/mrjackskyblue/posts/993781670708981 not a fan]] of this trope.

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* [[Website/TeamNightSaturn Jack Skyblue]] is [[https://www.facebook.com/mrjackskyblue/posts/993781670708981 not a fan]] WebVideo/{{Saberspark}} awkwardly asks his viewers to subscribe to his channel in his review of this trope.''WesternAnimation/UnicornWars''.



* [=Tobuscus=] does this at the end of every single one of his videos. Heck, he even made a theme song out of it. Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-SUBSCRIBE!

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%%* Jack Skyblue of Website/TeamNightSaturn'' is [[https://www.facebook.com/mrjackskyblue/posts/993781670708981 not a fan]] of this trope.
* [=Tobuscus=] WebVideo/{{Tobuscus}} does this at the end of every single one of his videos. Heck, he even made a theme song out of it. Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-SUBSCRIBE!
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[SelfDemonstratingArticle Now]] [[ShamelessSelfPromoter please]] [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/knowerForm.php become a member of]] Website/TVTropes.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[SelfDemonstratingArticle Now]] [[ShamelessSelfPromoter please]] [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/knowerForm.php [[PleaseSubscribeToOurChannel become a member of]] Website/TVTropes.]]
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* Music/{{Numberrock}}: Most videos ask to check out numberrock.com for a free trial and ad-free videos. Some integrate it uniquely, like Rob in "Number Lines Song" texting [[BreakingTheFourthWall the viewer]] to do this and the latter (labelled as "YOU") potentially agreeing depending on how the rest of the video goes.

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* Music/{{Numberrock}}: Music/{{Numberock}}: Most videos ask to check out numberrock.com for a free trial and ad-free videos. Some integrate it uniquely, like Rob in "Number Lines Song" texting [[BreakingTheFourthWall the viewer]] to do this and the latter (labelled as "YOU") potentially agreeing depending on how the rest of the video goes.
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* Music/{{Numberrock}}: Most videos ask to check out numberrock.com for a free trial and ad-free videos. Some integrate it uniquely, like Rob in "Number Lines Song" texting [[BreakingTheFourthWall the viewer]] to do this and the latter (labelled as "YOU") potentially agreeing depending on how the rest of the video goes.
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* ''WebVideo/CallMeKevin'' has [[LaughablyEvil Jim Pickens]] give the trope a {{Crunchtastic}} twist in a video focused on the ''Get Famous'' expansion to ''VideoGame/TheSims4'', where Jim’s videos all have the same description of “Be sure to like and subscribble!”
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* {{LetsPlay/Technoblade}} did this to the point of MemeticMutation. Techno often promoted his channel at the most inopportune moments, and he even had a "Sellout Timer" set to go off every thirty minutes so he could remember to promote.
** This crosses over to his character counterpart on the ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'', where his shameless self-promotion is a RunningGag to the point that [[spoiler:he once massacred half a dozen people at the Manburg Festival with his firework-loaded crossbow, then named "Subscribe to Technoblade", and he named one of the Withers he let loose on the ruins of L'Manburg "Subscribe to Technoblade". In the latter case, he even claimed that [[SkewedPriorities the name was the most important part]]]].

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* {{LetsPlay/Technoblade}} LetsPlay/{{Technoblade}} did this to the point of MemeticMutation. Techno often promoted his channel at the most inopportune moments, and he even had a "Sellout Timer" set to go off every thirty minutes so he could remember to promote.
** This crosses over to his character counterpart on the ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'', ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'', where his shameless self-promotion is a RunningGag to the point that [[spoiler:he once massacred half a dozen people at the Manburg Festival with his firework-loaded crossbow, then named "Subscribe to Technoblade", and he named one of the Withers he let loose on the ruins of L'Manburg "Subscribe to Technoblade". In the latter case, he even claimed that [[SkewedPriorities the name was the most important part]]]].



* {{WebVideo/Doraman}}: His description ends with a note to "Be sure to subscribe if you like what you see!"

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* {{WebVideo/Doraman}}: WebVideo/{{Doraman}}: His description ends with a note to "Be sure to subscribe if you like what you see!"
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!!Anime
* Starting with episode 4 of ''Anime/CapRevolutionBottleman'' (which has an English dub on the [=YouTube=] channel for Litt Tak Toys), the previews at the end of episodes are ended with Natsu and Momo's catch-phrase "Bottle battle go!", then "Please don't forget to subscribe to the channel!"
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[[Manga/PopTeamEpic To every one who has subscribed to our website, thank you as always!]] [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou And to you who haven't...]] ''[[ParanoiaFuel We're coming for you now.]]''

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[[Manga/PopTeamEpic [[SelfDemonstratingArticle To every one who has subscribed to our website, website,]] [[Manga/PopTeamEpic thank you as always!]] [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou And to you who haven't...]] ''[[ParanoiaFuel We're coming for you now.]]''

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!!Anime and Manga
* Pictured above is Popuko from ''Manga/PopTeamEpic'': [[http://68.media.tumblr.com/d01ab8a337c5d35bc76d99962f7a5191/tumblr_o99adkRBlT1r5kws5o1_500.jpg she starts her requests]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJiu-tSYYGE like any content creator would]], then...
--> '''Popuko:''' And to those who haven't [subscribed]... '''like you'''\\
''[Cut to a man watching the video]''\\
'''Popuko:''' [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou We're coming to your house right now.]]\\
'''Man:''' Huh?\\
''[His doorbell rings.]''
** The anime adaptation takes it further: the viewer takes the role of the clueless man of the strip and Popuko [[OminousVisualGlitch makes the screen glitch before turning it black]] and showing her presence to them via a sound at the door. If she rings at the doorbell in the first segment[[note]][[NightmareRetardant a fact that can destroy the tension]], at not everybody has a doorbell[[/note]], she frantically knocks at the door in the second.


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!!Anime and Manga
* Pictured above is Popuko from ''Manga/PopTeamEpic'': [[http://68.media.tumblr.com/d01ab8a337c5d35bc76d99962f7a5191/tumblr_o99adkRBlT1r5kws5o1_500.jpg she starts her requests]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJiu-tSYYGE like any content creator would]], then...
--> '''Popuko:''' And to those who haven't [subscribed]... '''like you'''\\
''[Cut to a man watching the video]''\\
'''Popuko:''' [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou We're coming to your house right now.]]\\
'''Man:''' Huh?\\
''[His doorbell rings.]''
** The anime adaptation takes it further: the viewer takes the role of the clueless man of the strip and Popuko [[OminousVisualGlitch makes the screen glitch before turning it black]] and showing her presence to them via a sound at the door. If she rings at the doorbell in the first segment[[note]][[NightmareRetardant a fact that can destroy the tension]], at not everybody has a doorbell[[/note]], she frantically knocks at the door in the second.

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* In the beginning of his videos, ''LetsPlay/{{Dream}}'' shows us his [=YouTube=] statistics, then tells us that we don't have to like him or his videos, in a way that feels like we're not pressured to.



* ''LetsPlay/RabbidLuigi'' often injects this into his episodes in a comedic fashion, like claiming the GodMode cheat of ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' also causes cryptic messages to rain down that tell you to "subscribe and ring the bell icon". As an example of Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad, the comments are usually full of people lauding the way he put it in the episode.



* Every episode of [[Creator/AdamAndJoe Adam Buxton's]] podcast ends with a song that repeatedly asks the listener to "like and subscribe", which WebAnimation/{{Cyriak}} turned into a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLXaJRjC5CE distinctly disturbing animation]] of hundreds of hairy Buxton-creatures literally feeding "like" and "subscribe" buttons to their hairy god-creature.



* WebVideo/TheCriticalDrinker used to end videos with the standard "like & subscribe" request, but according to a Q&A, he eventually decided it was cliche and unnecessary, since it rarely persuades viewers who don't care to subscribe. His new signoff is a terse "Anyway, that's all I have for today. Go away now!"



* {{WebVideo/Doraman}}: His description ends with a note to "Be sure to subscribe if you like what you see!"



* ''The Duel Logs'' uses an indirect variation: the videos end with "did you know, only X% of people who watch these videos are actually subscribed to the channel?"



* WebVideo/FoldingIdeas discusses the nature of this trope in a minisode of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQoM-QF52Zo The Good News of Like Share Subscribe]]", as well as ways to work around it on [=YouTube=]. The example of the call to subscribe Dan comes up with based on his own guidelines is "Go in peace, my children, in the name of like, share, and subscribe, amen," [[SelfDemonstratingArticle which he's taken to using in its proper context in some later videos]].



* A RunningGag in [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2msEzmNU3Um7KF2EnXJBFA GrandLineReview]] videos is to include a joke of some kind, with a request to hit the subscribe button as the punchline.



* ''WebVideo/{{Stampylongnose}}'s'' ''Let's Cress'' channel {{parodie|dTrope}}s this by obscuring key parts of videos with 'Like The Video!!!' text, which flies onscreen with an increasingly long and ridiculous whooshing sound each time. At the end of a video, he also asks people to subscribe, and share the video on Website/{{Facebook}} and Website/MySpace.



* ''{{Magazine/Analog}}'': At the end of each issue is a reminder to subscribe to the magazine, offering a discount for subscriptions instead of full newsstand price. Some issues would have more advertising than just the end-of-issue reminder.











* ''WebVideo/{{Stampylongnose}}'s'' ''Let's Cress'' channel {{parodie|dTrope}}s this by obscuring key parts of videos with 'Like The Video!!!' text, which flies onscreen with an increasingly long and ridiculous whooshing sound each time. At the end of a video, he also asks people to subscribe, and share the video on Website/{{Facebook}} and Website/MySpace.



* WebVideo/FoldingIdeas discusses the nature of this trope in a minisode of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQoM-QF52Zo The Good News of Like Share Subscribe]]", as well as ways to work around it on [=YouTube=]. The example of the call to subscribe Dan comes up with based on his own guidelines is "Go in peace, my children, in the name of like, share, and subscribe, amen," [[SelfDemonstratingArticle which he's taken to using in its proper context in some later videos]].



* ''LetsPlay/RabbidLuigi'' often injects this into his episodes in a comedic fashion, like claiming the GodMode cheat of ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' also causes cryptic messages to rain down that tell you to "subscribe and ring the bell icon". As an example of Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad, the comments are usually full of people lauding the way he put it in the episode.
* Every episode of [[Creator/AdamAndJoe Adam Buxton's]] podcast ends with a song that repeatedly asks the listener to "like and subscribe", which WebAnimation/{{Cyriak}} turned into a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLXaJRjC5CE distinctly disturbing animation]] of hundreds of hairy Buxton-creatures literally feeding "like" and "subscribe" buttons to their hairy god-creature.
* WebVideo/TheCriticalDrinker used to end videos with the standard "like & subscribe" request, but according to a Q&A, he eventually decided it was cliche and unnecessary, since it rarely persuades viewers who don't care to subscribe. His new signoff is a terse "Anyway, that's all I have for today. Go away now!"
* In the beginning of his videos, ''LetsPlay/{{Dream}}'' shows us his [=YouTube=] statistics, then tells us that we don't have to like him or his videos, in a way that feels like we're not pressured to.
* A RunningGag in [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2msEzmNU3Um7KF2EnXJBFA GrandLineReview]] videos is to include a joke of some kind, with a request to hit the subscribe button as the punchline.
* ''The Duel Logs'' uses an indirect variation: the videos end with "did you know, only X% of people who watch these videos are actually subscribed to the channel?"
* {{WebVideo/Doraman}}: His description ends with a note to "Be sure to subscribe if you like what you see!"
* ''{{Magazine/Analog}}'': At the end of each issue is a reminder to subscribe to the magazine, offering a discount for subscriptions instead of full newsstand price. Some issues would have more advertising than just the end-of-issue reminder.

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* ''LetsPlay/RabbidLuigi'' often injects this into his episodes in a comedic fashion, like claiming the GodMode cheat of ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' also causes cryptic messages to rain down that tell you to "subscribe and ring the bell icon". As an example of Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad, the comments are usually full of people lauding the way he put it in the episode.
* Every episode of [[Creator/AdamAndJoe Adam Buxton's]] podcast ends with a song that repeatedly asks the listener to "like and subscribe", which WebAnimation/{{Cyriak}} turned into a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLXaJRjC5CE distinctly disturbing animation]] of hundreds of hairy Buxton-creatures literally feeding "like" and "subscribe" buttons to their hairy god-creature.
* WebVideo/TheCriticalDrinker used to end videos with the standard "like & subscribe" request, but according to a Q&A, he eventually decided it was cliche and unnecessary, since it rarely persuades viewers who don't care to subscribe. His new signoff is a terse "Anyway, that's all I have for today. Go away now!"
* In the beginning of his videos, ''LetsPlay/{{Dream}}'' shows us his [=YouTube=] statistics, then tells us that we don't have to like him or his videos, in a way that feels like we're not pressured to.
* A RunningGag in [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2msEzmNU3Um7KF2EnXJBFA GrandLineReview]] videos is to include a joke of some kind, with a request to hit the subscribe button as the punchline.
* ''The Duel Logs'' uses an indirect variation: the videos end with "did you know, only X% of people who watch these videos are actually subscribed to the channel?"
* {{WebVideo/Doraman}}: His description ends with a note to "Be sure to subscribe if you like what you see!"
* ''{{Magazine/Analog}}'': At the end of each issue is a reminder to subscribe to the magazine, offering a discount for subscriptions instead of full newsstand price. Some issues would have more advertising than just the end-of-issue reminder.

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* The Creator/{{BBC}}'s official ''Series/DoctorWho'' channel has used several over the years.
** A clip of a Silent in its ship reaching for the audience while a caption stands, the implication being that the alien is using its power of suggestion to influence the viewer to subscribe.
** The Eleventh Doctor (Creator/MattSmith) using his sonic screwdriver to illuminate a "Please Subscribe" message before pointing to it.
** After Matt Smith's departure, the Doctors speak to the audience. Creator/PeterCapaldi channels the Twelfth Doctor's commanding tone as he instructs "DON'T FORGET TO CLICK BELOW TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE OFFICIAL DOCTOR WHO YOUTUBE CHANNEL". Fitting the change in character, the Thirteenth Doctor (Creator/JodieWhittaker) repeats the message in a warmer tone.
** Recent uploads relating to the classic series feature messages from their respective Doctors (Creator/ColinBaker, Creator/TomBaker etc.)
--> '''Tom Baker:''' Well, how could I possibly forget that? For goodness sake! You've got the message, haven't you?
* ''WebVideo/FrenchBaguetteIntelligence'': Defied in the ending disclaimer of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeO7XqWOJso Does pineapple go on pizza?]]''
-->'''Fuckette:''' Fear not. I'm not going to ask you to like, subscribe, yadda yadda. [[TakeThat I'm not a cunt]].
* For every version of ''VisualNovel/{{Melody}}'' released before the completion of the story, gameplay ended with a message to check out the developers' Patreon page.
* Japan's Creator/{{NHK}} took this onto a whole new level--casting [[Creator/NobuyukiHiyama high-]][[Creator/KosukeToriumi profile]] [[Creator/SoichiroHoshi voice]] [[Creator/JunichiSuwabe actors]] in portraying four [[{{Bishounen}} pretty boy]] [[TheOperatorsMustBeCrazy operators]] in full-voiced interactive DatingSim [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DNRRLQ03xY style.]] Their interactive FAQ service ended on May 31, 2017.

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* The Creator/{{BBC}}'s official ''Series/DoctorWho'' channel has used several over the years.
** A clip of a Silent in its ship reaching for the audience while a caption stands, the implication being that the alien is using its power of suggestion to influence the viewer to subscribe.
** The Eleventh Doctor (Creator/MattSmith) using his sonic screwdriver to illuminate a "Please Subscribe" message before pointing to it.
** After Matt Smith's departure, the Doctors speak to the audience. Creator/PeterCapaldi channels the Twelfth Doctor's commanding tone as he instructs "DON'T FORGET TO CLICK BELOW TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE OFFICIAL DOCTOR WHO YOUTUBE CHANNEL". Fitting the change in character, the Thirteenth Doctor (Creator/JodieWhittaker) repeats the message in a warmer tone.
** Recent uploads relating to the classic series feature messages from their respective Doctors (Creator/ColinBaker, Creator/TomBaker etc.)
--> '''Tom Baker:''' Well, how could I possibly forget that? For goodness sake! You've got the message, haven't you?
* ''WebVideo/FrenchBaguetteIntelligence'': Defied in the ending disclaimer of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeO7XqWOJso Does pineapple go on pizza?]]''
-->'''Fuckette:''' Fear not. I'm not going to ask you to like, subscribe, yadda yadda. [[TakeThat I'm not a cunt]].
* For every version of ''VisualNovel/{{Melody}}'' released before the completion of the story, gameplay ended with a message to check out the developers' Patreon page.
* Japan's Creator/{{NHK}} took this onto a whole new level--casting [[Creator/NobuyukiHiyama high-]][[Creator/KosukeToriumi profile]] [[Creator/SoichiroHoshi voice]] [[Creator/JunichiSuwabe actors]] in portraying four [[{{Bishounen}} pretty boy]] [[TheOperatorsMustBeCrazy operators]] in full-voiced interactive DatingSim [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DNRRLQ03xY style.]] Their interactive FAQ service ended on May 31, 2017.
!!General



* [=Tobuscus=] does this at the end of every single one of his videos. Heck, he even made a theme song out of it. Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-SUBSCRIBE!

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* [=Tobuscus=] does Hundreds of LetsPlay, most often on Website/YouTube, do this.

!!Anime and Manga
* Pictured above is Popuko from ''Manga/PopTeamEpic'': [[http://68.media.tumblr.com/d01ab8a337c5d35bc76d99962f7a5191/tumblr_o99adkRBlT1r5kws5o1_500.jpg she starts her requests]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJiu-tSYYGE like any content creator would]], then...
--> '''Popuko:''' And to those who haven't [subscribed]... '''like you'''\\
''[Cut to a man watching the video]''\\
'''Popuko:''' [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou We're coming to your house right now.]]\\
'''Man:''' Huh?\\
''[His doorbell rings.]''
** The anime adaptation takes it further: the viewer takes the role of the clueless man of the strip and Popuko [[OminousVisualGlitch makes the screen glitch before turning it black]] and showing her presence to them via a sound at the door. If she rings at the doorbell in the first segment[[note]][[NightmareRetardant a fact that can destroy the tension]], at not everybody has a doorbell[[/note]], she frantically knocks at the door in the second.

!!Let's Play
* ''{{LetsPlay/Markiplier}}'' closes out his Youtube videos by pointing out other videos and his annotations, but
this trope also became a RunningGag in his Drunk Minecraft series with Bob and Wade, wherein viewers are encouraged to "like favorite and subscribe if X" where X could be ''anything.''
* {{LetsPlay/Technoblade}} did this to the point of MemeticMutation. Techno often promoted his channel at the most inopportune moments, and he even had a "Sellout Timer" set to go off every thirty minutes so he could remember to promote.
** This crosses over to his character counterpart on the ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'', where his shameless self-promotion is a RunningGag to the point that [[spoiler:he once massacred half a dozen people at the Manburg Festival with his firework-loaded crossbow, then named "Subscribe to Technoblade", and he named one of the Withers he let loose on the ruins of L'Manburg "Subscribe to Technoblade". In the latter case, he even claimed that [[SkewedPriorities the name was the most important part]]]].
** This has even got to the point that [[https://youtu.be/tro8orISlYE once]] while playing ''VideoGame/AmongUs'', Techno called an Emergency Meeting ''just to tell the people playing with him to "Subscribe to Technoblade"''. [[spoiler:The aforementioned other players immediately voted him off, and it turns out Techno ''was the Impostor'', meaning that he would rather lose the game than miss out on promoting his channel.]] It must be seen to be believed.
** He apologizes for this in his last video posthumously, explaining that the money was for his siblings' college fund should they choose to go to college.

!!Live-Action TV
* Parodied on ''Series/TheLateLateShow with James Corden'', where his discussion about the show's new website [=YourMomMassagesMe.com=] turned into a ticket plug, which turned into an OverlyLongGag where he listed off every single social network he was supposedly on.
-->'''James:''' You can Do-Re-Mi on Fa-So-La-Ti-Do. Make your mom proud on J-Date. You can eat me on Uber Eats. You can work-work-work me on Rihannster. You can twerk-twerk-twerk me on Twerkster.

!!Podcasts
* ''Podcast/NerdistPodcast'' channel's ''Neil's Puppet Dreams'' has star Creator/NeilPatrickHarris do this at the end of each video. In the first few, he made it a point to tell the audience that it's ''not'' his junk to which he's pointing.

!!Visual Novels
* For every version of ''VisualNovel/{{Melody}}'' released before the completion of the story, gameplay ended with a message to check out the developers' Patreon page.

!!Web Animation
* A screen
at the end of every single one ''WebAnimation/HowItShouldHaveEnded'', at times featuring the characters interacting with the button.
* ''WebAnimation/{{Weegeepie}}'' [[PlayedForLaughs plays this for laughs]]:
--> "If you subscribe, you'll get free choccy milk!\\
[[MoodWhiplash But if you don't...]]\\
[[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioBrosSuperShow YOU'RE GONNA TURN]] [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment INTO A GOOMBA!]]
* ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' has Yatzee mention this while ranting about the crowded interface
of his videos. Heck, he even made a theme song out of it. Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-SUBSCRIBE!''VideoGame/SystemShock2''. In the video uploaded on Youtube, you can actually click on the text that pops up to subscribe to the channel.

!!Web Videos



* ''WebVideo/CookingWithDog'' originally had "Like Me" and [[BlindIdiotTranslation "You like button."]] Now it's just "Like me" and "Please subscribe."
* ''WebVideo/ACoupleOfCuntsInTheCountryside'' do this OncePerEpisode.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/DYKGaming Did You Know Gaming]] ends every video not only with a request to subscribe to their channel, but also the personal channel of whomever is providing the narration for the video in question (with varying degrees of eloquence).
* [[http://dormtainment.com/ Dormtainment]] usually has annotations that say please subscribe, and some of the earlier videos even had them asking producers to consider them for a TV show.
* ''WebVideo/EatYourKimchi'': At the end of every video installment there is a verbal request and banner at the bottom of the page.
* ''WebVideo/FrenchBaguetteIntelligence'': Defied in the ending disclaimer of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeO7XqWOJso Does pineapple go on pizza?]]''
-->'''Fuckette:''' Fear not. I'm not going to ask you to like, subscribe, yadda yadda. [[TakeThat I'm not a cunt]].
* ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'' parodies this trope by interjecting the phrase "like, comment, and subscribe!" as a RunningGag.
** They have since added a straight "subscribe" button at the end of each video, which they occasionally anthropomorphise as "Scribey" or comedically misspell.
** Also parodied on an episode of VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess where Dan says a rather threatening version.
-->'''Danny:''' Like coment and ''SURVIVE''.
* From ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvY-_W1bk34 Household Hackers]]'' we get such gems as this: "After we get through today's tip, you'll never again have to wander aimlessly from video to video begging for subscribers like the neglected latch-key child you are." Subtle.



* From ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvY-_W1bk34 Household Hackers]]'' we get such gems as this: "After we get through today's tip, you'll never again have to wander aimlessly from video to video begging for subscribers like the neglected latch-key child you are." Subtle.
* Every episode of ''WebVideo/MrDeity'' since the third season ends with a sketch in which Brian Dalton (sometimes in character) encourages viewers to donate and/or subscribe. In some cases these have been longer than the episode itself.



* Pandora internet radio occasionally shows advertisements for Pandora One, their ad-free subscription version.

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* Pandora internet radio occasionally shows advertisements for Pandora One, their ad-free subscription version.Every episode of ''WebVideo/MrDeity'' since the third season ends with a sketch in which Brian Dalton (sometimes in character) encourages viewers to donate and/or subscribe. In some cases these have been longer than the episode itself.
* When WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick had Andre the Black Nerd on her Blip show, he instinctively closed the show by asking viewers to like and subscribe, saying that Youtube will violently punish those who don't include that message.



* [[http://dormtainment.com/ Dormtainment]] usually has annotations that say please subscribe, and some of the earlier videos even had them asking producers to consider them for a TV show.
* Hundreds of LetsPlay, most often on Website/YouTube, do this as well.
* ''WebVideo/EatYourKimchi'': At the end of every video installment there is a verbal request and banner at the bottom of the page.
* A screen at the end of every ''WebAnimation/HowItShouldHaveEnded'', at times featuring the characters interacting with the button.
* ''Podcast/NerdistPodcast'' channel's ''Neil's Puppet Dreams'' has star Creator/NeilPatrickHarris do this at the end of each video. In the first few, he made it a point to tell the audience that it's ''not'' his junk to which he's pointing.
* ''WebVideo/CookingWithDog'' originally had "Like Me" and [[BlindIdiotTranslation "You like button."]] Now it's just "Like me" and "Please subscribe."
* ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' has Yatzee mention this while ranting about the crowded interface of ''VideoGame/SystemShock2''. In the video uploaded on Youtube, you can actually click on the text that pops up to subscribe to the channel.
* ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'' parodies this trope by interjecting the phrase "like, comment, and subscribe!" as a RunningGag.
** They have since added a straight "subscribe" button at the end of each video, which they occasionally anthropomorphise as "Scribey" or comedically misspell.
** Also parodied on an episode of VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess where Dan says a rather threatening version.
-->'''Danny:''' Like coment and ''SURVIVE''.
* When WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick had Andre the Black Nerd on her Blip show, he instinctively closed the show by asking viewers to like and subscribe, saying that Youtube will violently punish those who don't include that message.

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* [[http://dormtainment.com/ Dormtainment]] usually has annotations that say please subscribe, and some [[Website/TeamNightSaturn Jack Skyblue]] is [[https://www.facebook.com/mrjackskyblue/posts/993781670708981 not a fan]] of the earlier videos even had them asking producers to consider them for a TV show.
* Hundreds of LetsPlay, most often on Website/YouTube, do
this as well.
trope.
* ''WebVideo/EatYourKimchi'': At the end of every video installment there is a verbal request WebVideo/SourceFed fans can recite it- "Please like and banner at the bottom of the page.
* A screen
subscribe and click this annotation here for more videos." It's at the end of every ''WebAnimation/HowItShouldHaveEnded'', at times featuring the characters interacting with the button.
video. They make five videos a day Monday-Thursday.
* ''Podcast/NerdistPodcast'' channel's ''Neil's Puppet Dreams'' has star Creator/NeilPatrickHarris do [=Tobuscus=] does this at the end of each video. In the first few, every single one of his videos. Heck, he even made it a point to tell the audience that it's ''not'' his junk to which he's pointing.
* ''WebVideo/CookingWithDog'' originally had "Like Me" and [[BlindIdiotTranslation "You like button."]] Now it's just "Like me" and "Please subscribe."
* ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' has Yatzee mention this while ranting about the crowded interface
theme song out of ''VideoGame/SystemShock2''. In the video uploaded on Youtube, you can actually click on the text that pops up to subscribe to the channel.
* ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'' parodies this trope by interjecting the phrase "like, comment, and subscribe!" as a RunningGag.
** They have since added a straight "subscribe" button at the end of each video, which they occasionally anthropomorphise as "Scribey" or comedically misspell.
** Also parodied on an episode of VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess where Dan says a rather threatening version.
-->'''Danny:''' Like coment and ''SURVIVE''.
* When WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick had Andre the Black Nerd on her Blip show, he instinctively closed the show by asking viewers to like and subscribe, saying that Youtube will violently punish those who don't include that message.
it. Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-SUBSCRIBE!



-->Every time you like something without adding to favourites, a baby penguin dies. Think of the penguins; like AND favourite. Also subscribe or a piano falls on a baby giraffe.

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-->Every --> Every time you like something without adding to favourites, a baby penguin dies. Think of the penguins; like AND favourite. Also subscribe or a piano falls on a baby giraffe.giraffe.

!!Other
* At the end of every episode of [[Creator/RussellBrand Russell Brand's]] web show ''The Trews,'' he will finish the topic of the day and will say with the same breath; "That's some Trew News, subscribe here."
* The Creator/{{BBC}}'s official ''Series/DoctorWho'' channel has used several over the years.
** A clip of a Silent in its ship reaching for the audience while a caption stands, the implication being that the alien is using its power of suggestion to influence the viewer to subscribe.
** The Eleventh Doctor (Creator/MattSmith) using his sonic screwdriver to illuminate a "Please Subscribe" message before pointing to it.
** After Matt Smith's departure, the Doctors speak to the audience. Creator/PeterCapaldi channels the Twelfth Doctor's commanding tone as he instructs "DON'T FORGET TO CLICK BELOW TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE OFFICIAL DOCTOR WHO YOUTUBE CHANNEL". Fitting the change in character, the Thirteenth Doctor (Creator/JodieWhittaker) repeats the message in a warmer tone.
** Recent uploads relating to the classic series feature messages from their respective Doctors (Creator/ColinBaker, Creator/TomBaker etc.)
--> '''Tom Baker:''' Well, how could I possibly forget that? For goodness sake! You've got the message, haven't you?



* WebVideo/SourceFed fans can recite it- "Please like and subscribe and click this annotation here for more videos." It's at the end of every video. They make five videos a day Monday-Thursday.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/DYKGaming Did You Know Gaming]] ends every video not only with a request to subscribe to their channel, but also the personal channel of whomever is providing the narration for the video in question (with varying degrees of eloquence).
* ''{{LetsPlay/Markiplier}}'' closes out his Youtube videos by pointing out other videos and his annotations, but this trope also became a RunningGag in his Drunk Minecraft series with Bob and Wade, wherein viewers are encouraged to "like favorite and subscribe if X" where X could be ''anything.''
* At the end of every episode of [[Creator/RussellBrand Russell Brand's]] web show ''The Trews,'' he will finish the topic of the day and will say with the same breath; "That's some Trew News, subscribe here."
* ''WebVideo/ACoupleOfCuntsInTheCountryside'' do this OncePerEpisode.
* [[Website/TeamNightSaturn Jack Skyblue]] is [[https://www.facebook.com/mrjackskyblue/posts/993781670708981 not a fan]] of this trope.
* ''WebAnimation/{{Weegeepie}}'' [[PlayedForLaughs plays this for laughs]]:
--> "If you subscribe, you'll get free choccy milk! [[MoodWhiplash But if you don't...]] [[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioBrosSuperShow YOU'RE GONNA TURN]] [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment INTO A GOOMBA!]]
* ''Manga/PopTeamEpic'', [[http://68.media.tumblr.com/d01ab8a337c5d35bc76d99962f7a5191/tumblr_o99adkRBlT1r5kws5o1_500.jpg pictured above]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJiu-tSYYGE starts off as normal]], then...
--> '''Popuko:''' And to those who haven't [subscribed]... '''like you'''\\
''[Cut to a man watching the video]''\\
'''Popuko:''' [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou We're coming to your house right now.]]\\
'''Man:''' Huh?\\
''[His doorbell rings.]''
** The anime adaptation takes it further: the viewer takes the role of the clueless man of the strip and Popuko [[OminousVisualGlitch makes the screen glitch before turning it black]] and showing her presence to them via a sound at the door. If she rings at the doorbell in the first segment[[note]][[NightmareRetardant a fact that can destroy the tension]], at not everybody has a doorbell[[/note]], she frantically knocks at the door in the second.
* ''WebVideo/{{Stampylongnose}}'s'' ''Let's Cress'' channel {{parodie|dTrope}}s this by obscuring key parts of videos with 'Like The Video!!!' text, which flies onscreen with an increasingly long and ridiculous whooshing sound each time. At the end of a video, he also asks people to subscribe, and share the video on Website/{{Facebook}} and Website/MySpace.
* Parodied on ''Series/TheLateLateShow with James Corden'', where his discussion about the show's new website [=YourMomMassagesMe.com=] turned into a ticket plug, which turned into an OverlyLongGag where he listed off every single social network he was supposedly on.
-->'''James:''' You can Do-Re-Mi on Fa-So-La-Ti-Do. Make your mom proud on J-Date. You can eat me on Uber Eats. You can work-work-work me on Rihannster. You can twerk-twerk-twerk me on Twerkster.



* Japan's Creator/{{NHK}} took this onto a whole new level--casting [[Creator/NobuyukiHiyama high-]][[Creator/KosukeToriumi profile]] [[Creator/SoichiroHoshi voice]] [[Creator/JunichiSuwabe actors]] in portraying four [[{{Bishounen}} pretty boy]] [[TheOperatorsMustBeCrazy operators]] in full-voiced interactive DatingSim [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DNRRLQ03xY style.]] Their interactive FAQ service ended on May 31, 2017.
* Pandora internet radio occasionally shows advertisements for Pandora One, their ad-free subscription version.








* ''WebVideo/{{Stampylongnose}}'s'' ''Let's Cress'' channel {{parodie|dTrope}}s this by obscuring key parts of videos with 'Like The Video!!!' text, which flies onscreen with an increasingly long and ridiculous whooshing sound each time. At the end of a video, he also asks people to subscribe, and share the video on Website/{{Facebook}} and Website/MySpace.





* {{LetsPlay/Technoblade}} did this to the point of MemeticMutation. Techno often promoted his channel at the most inopportune moments, and he even had a "Sellout Timer" set to go off every thirty minutes so he could remember to promote.
** This crosses over to his character counterpart on the ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'', where his shameless self-promotion is a RunningGag to the point that [[spoiler:he once massacred half a dozen people at the Manburg Festival with his firework-loaded crossbow, then named "Subscribe to Technoblade", and he named one of the Withers he let loose on the ruins of L'Manburg "Subscribe to Technoblade". In the latter case, he even claimed that [[SkewedPriorities the name was the most important part]]]].
** This has even got to the point that [[https://youtu.be/tro8orISlYE once]] while playing ''VideoGame/AmongUs'', Techno called an Emergency Meeting ''just to tell the people playing with him to "Subscribe to Technoblade"''. [[spoiler:The aforementioned other players immediately voted him off, and it turns out Techno ''was the Impostor'', meaning that he would rather lose the game than miss out on promoting his channel.]] It must be seen to be believed.
** He apologizes for this in his last video posthumously, explaining that the money was for his siblings' college fund should they choose to go to college.

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* {{LetsPlay/Technoblade}} did this to the point of MemeticMutation. Techno often promoted his channel at the most inopportune moments, and he even had a "Sellout Timer" set to go off every thirty minutes so he could remember to promote.
** This crosses over to his character counterpart on the ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'', where his shameless self-promotion is a RunningGag to the point that [[spoiler:he once massacred half a dozen people at the Manburg Festival with his firework-loaded crossbow, then named "Subscribe to Technoblade", and he named one of the Withers he let loose on the ruins of L'Manburg "Subscribe to Technoblade". In the latter case, he even claimed that [[SkewedPriorities the name was the most important part]]]].
** This has even got to the point that [[https://youtu.be/tro8orISlYE once]] while playing ''VideoGame/AmongUs'', Techno called an Emergency Meeting ''just to tell the people playing with him to "Subscribe to Technoblade"''. [[spoiler:The aforementioned other players immediately voted him off, and it turns out Techno ''was the Impostor'', meaning that he would rather lose the game than miss out on promoting his channel.]] It must be seen to be believed.
** He apologizes for this in his last video posthumously, explaining that the money was for his siblings' college fund should they choose to go to college.



* "Plz Vote" or some variant thereof is a common sight on most PowderGame uploads. It can also be found on [[ThePowderToy Powder Toy]] saves.

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* "Plz Vote" or some variant thereof is a common sight on most PowderGame Powder Game uploads. It can also be found on [[ThePowderToy Powder Toy]] VideoGame/ThePowderToy saves.



* Webcomics with vote incentives, usually a sketch or preview, to encourage people to vote for them on sites like Buzzcomix or [=TopWebComics=]: ''Webcomic/EvilDiva'', ''Webcomic/{{Earthsong}}'', ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'', ''Webcomic/{{Zap}}!'', ''Webcomic/PebbleVersion'', ''Webcomic/TheBMovieComic,'' ''Webcomic/TheZombieHunters'', ''Webcomic/TheMeek'', ''Webcomic/NotAVillain'' and ''Webcomic/TheChallengesOfZona''.

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* Webcomics with vote incentives, usually a sketch or preview, to encourage people to vote for them on sites like Buzzcomix or [=TopWebComics=]: ''Webcomic/EvilDiva'', ''Webcomic/{{Earthsong}}'', ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'', ''Webcomic/{{Zap}}!'', ''Webcomic/PebbleVersion'', ''Webcomic/{{Zap}}'', ''Pebble Version'', ''Webcomic/TheBMovieComic,'' ''Webcomic/TheZombieHunters'', ''Webcomic/TheMeek'', ''Webcomic/NotAVillain'' and ''Webcomic/TheChallengesOfZona''.

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* [=YouTube=] used to host contests which used the video rating system (the "five stars" system at first, then the "thumbs up/down" system which replaced it) as a way of tallying "votes". The page that listed those contests has since disappeared in one of [=YouTube's=] many redesigns.
* Webcomics with vote incentives, usually a sketch or preview, to encourage people to vote for them on sites like Buzzcomix or [=TopWebComics=]: ''Webcomic/EvilDiva'', ''Webcomic/{{Earthsong}}'', ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'', ''Webcomic/{{Zap}}!'', ''Webcomic/PebbleVersion'', ''Webcomic/TheBMovieComic,'' ''Webcomic/TheZombieHunters'', ''Webcomic/TheMeek'', ''Webcomic/NotAVillain'' and ''Webcomic/TheChallengesOfZona''.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' made some for Buzzcomix in its very earliest days, which are now viewable [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/Incentives.html here]].
* ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' used to offer an early look at tomorrow's comic, and a one-panel extra that showed what happened after the end of the current comic if you voted for the site. The former was phased out, and the latter was changed so that you only had to hover your mouse over a red button to access, although it's still often referred to as the "votey comic" anyway.

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!!Video Games
* [=YouTube=] used to host contests which used the video rating system (the "five stars" system at first, then the "thumbs up/down" system which replaced it) as a way of tallying "votes". The page ''VideoGame/HappyWheels'' is notorious for levels that listed those contests has since disappeared include a demand/plea (either in one the level description or in the level itself) to rate 5, regardless of [=YouTube's=] many redesigns.
* Webcomics with vote incentives, usually a sketch
the quality of the level. Some players will even withhold full levels or preview, to encourage future installments of a series unless enough people to vote for them on sites like Buzzcomix or [=TopWebComics=]: ''Webcomic/EvilDiva'', ''Webcomic/{{Earthsong}}'', ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'', ''Webcomic/{{Zap}}!'', ''Webcomic/PebbleVersion'', ''Webcomic/TheBMovieComic,'' ''Webcomic/TheZombieHunters'', ''Webcomic/TheMeek'', ''Webcomic/NotAVillain'' and ''Webcomic/TheChallengesOfZona''.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' made some for Buzzcomix in its very earliest days, which are now viewable [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/Incentives.html here]].
* ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' used to offer an early look at tomorrow's comic, and a one-panel extra that showed what happened after the end
rate 5 stars. [[WordOfGod The creator of the current comic if you voted for the site. The former was phased out, and the latter was changed so that you only had to hover your mouse over a red button to access, although it's still often referred to as the "votey comic" anyway.game]] has expressed his disapproval of this practice.



* "Please rate this app" is used in so many iPhone applications (apps) that it's become a StockPhrase.
* Some episodes of ''WebVideo/NinjaTheMissionForce'' end with either Gordon being called by either Gordon or himself asking how they can support the show, he tells them to share their favourite episodes, etc. and acts like it's no big deal who just phoned him.



* ''Videogame/HappyWheels'' is notorious for levels that include a demand/plea (either in the level description or in the level itself) to rate 5, regardless of the quality of the level. Some players will even withhold full levels or future installments of a series unless enough people rate 5 stars. [[WordOfGod The creator of the game]] has expressed his disapproval of this practice.

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!!Webcomics
* ''Videogame/HappyWheels'' is notorious Webcomics with vote incentives, usually a sketch or preview, to encourage people to vote for levels them on sites like Buzzcomix or [=TopWebComics=]: ''Webcomic/EvilDiva'', ''Webcomic/{{Earthsong}}'', ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'', ''Webcomic/{{Zap}}!'', ''Webcomic/PebbleVersion'', ''Webcomic/TheBMovieComic,'' ''Webcomic/TheZombieHunters'', ''Webcomic/TheMeek'', ''Webcomic/NotAVillain'' and ''Webcomic/TheChallengesOfZona''.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' made some for Buzzcomix in its very earliest days, which are now viewable [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/Incentives.html here]].
* ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' used to offer an early look at tomorrow's comic, and a one-panel extra
that include a demand/plea (either in showed what happened after the level description or in the level itself) to rate 5, regardless end of the quality of current comic if you voted for the level. Some players will even withhold full levels or future installments of a series unless enough people rate 5 stars. [[WordOfGod site. The creator of former was phased out, and the game]] latter was changed so that you only had to hover your mouse over a red button to access, although it's still often referred to as the "votey comic" anyway.

!!Web Videos
* [=YouTube=] used to host contests which used the video rating system (the "five stars" system at first, then the "thumbs up/down" system which replaced it) as a way of tallying "votes". The page that listed those contests
has expressed his disapproval since disappeared in one of this practice.[=YouTube's=] many redesigns.



* Used quite inexplicably in the fanfic ''Fanfic/LightAndDarkTheAdventuresOfDarkYagami'', when the author urges us to "Read my fic! Vote!", with no indication of where to do so or what we are voting for. (Fanfiction.net does not have any sort of voting system, nor was the fic entered as part of a contest.)

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* Some episodes of ''WebVideo/NinjaTheMissionForce'' end with either Gordon being called by either Gordon or himself asking how they can support the show, he tells them to share their favourite episodes, etc. and acts like it's no big deal who just phoned him.

!!Other
* "Please rate this app" is used in so many iPhone applications (apps) that it's become a StockPhrase.
* Used quite inexplicably in the fanfic ''Fanfic/LightAndDarkTheAdventuresOfDarkYagami'', when the author urges us to "Read my fic! Vote!", with no indication of where to do so or what we are voting for. for (Fanfiction.net does not have any sort of voting system, nor was the fic entered as part of a contest.)contest).



* Webcomics with donation incentives: ''Webcomic/{{Earthsong}}'', ''Webcomic/{{Zap}}!'' and ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' have wallpapers, ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'' has extra comics, and ''Webcomic/TrueMagic'' has extra comics and wallpapers.



* Webcomics with donation incentives: ''Webcomic/{{Earthsong}}'', ''Webcomic/{{Zap}}!'' and ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' have wallpapers, ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'' has extra comics, and ''Webcomic/TrueMagic'' has extra comics and wallpapers.

!!WebVideos

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* Webcomics with donation incentives: ''Webcomic/{{Earthsong}}'', ''Webcomic/{{Zap}}!'' and ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' have wallpapers, ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'' has extra comics, and ''Webcomic/TrueMagic'' has extra comics and wallpapers.

!!WebVideos

!!Web Videos






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!!General
* A lot of online artists will usually ask their watchers or fans to donate in order to be able to produce more quality art and to feed themselves. Some artists may just straight up ask for donations while others may use things like Patreon to let people donate monthly while giving rewards back in return.
* Developers of custom Android firmware very frequently include donate links next to the download links for booze or coffee.
* [[http://www.fast3d.co.uk/ Gerald Day]], a British creator of low-polygon Poser content, asks for [=PayPal=] donations of £1 or US$1.50 from Poser artists who use his free items.
* You could argue that crowd-funding sites like Website/{{Indiegogo}} and Website/{{Kickstarter}} are this sort of thing on a professional level. For example, ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'' used the former in order to make Seasons 3 and 4.
* Creator/{{NPR}} and the Creator/{{PBS}} are publicly funded and will occasionally go into "pledge drives" where they will beg for viewers to donate between segments, often with promises of tote bags to sweeten the deal.



* Creator/{{NPR}} and the Creator/{{PBS}} are publicly funded and will occasionally go into "pledge drives" where they will beg for viewers to donate between segments, often with promises of tote bags to sweeten the deal.

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!!Video Games
* Creator/{{NPR}} ''Videogame/KingdomOfLoathing'' has a "please donate" plea from the creator on its front page, as well as a link to the donation form in the top tray (using the icon menu display option). Of course, considering donating enough money earns you a Mr. Accessory ([[BribingYourWayToVictory which are tradeable for special in-game items]]), this could just be for the convenience of speedrunners and/or people after the Item of the Month.
* Some ''Videogame/{{Minecraft}}'' servers combine this
and BribingYourWayToVictory by offering perks, access to certain tools, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a different colored name]]. Though a lot of servers are fine (even some that do this are okay), many servers take it over the Creator/{{PBS}} top.
* When downloading ''Videogame/RunmanRaceAroundTheWorld'', you
are publicly funded and will occasionally go into "pledge drives" where they will beg for viewers asked to donate unless you're a "lame dude who only likes to support lame games". Well, bummer, but they'll give you the game anyway.
* The makers of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosCrossover'' already ran a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} funding for their ''Super Action Squad'' project, but are now asking for more donations so they can devote more time to developing it. There's a meter below the game's main menu showing how much they raised and how much they need,
between segments, often with promises of tote bags to sweeten the deal.which there is a ''big'' gap.

!!Webcomics



* ''Webcomic/FauxPas'' has a little icon of a dog dish labeled "Randy" (the name of the fox main character) which links to a donation site.
* ''Webcomic/GingersBread'' has a drawing of Ginger holding a tip jar.



* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' asks you to turn [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/support.html these spiders into monies]] to make their dreams come true.
* ''Webcomic/HannaIsNotABoysName'' has wallpapers and extra comics as incentives to donate.
* Blind Ferret Enterprises, the business developed for producing ''Webcomic/LeastICouldDo'' and ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'', founder Ryan Sohmer is viciously against this. Whenever he comments about webcomics in general or tries to give advice to people wanting to make webcomics, this is one of the first 'don'ts' on his list, right after 'fail to update when you promise to'. Sohmer does, however, post about his various Website/{{Kickstarter}} projects in the NewsPost section.



* Blind Ferret Enterprises, the business developed for producing ''Webcomic/LeastICouldDo'' and ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'', founder Ryan Sohmer is viciously against this. Whenever he comments about webcomics in general or tries to give advice to people wanting to make webcomics, this is one of the first 'don'ts' on his list, right after 'fail to update when you promise to'. Sohmer does, however, post about his various Website/{{Kickstarter}} projects in the NewsPost section.
* ''Animemusicvideos'' used to have a particularly invasive manner of requesting donations. While the site was displayed, it would randomly pull up a screen asking for donations, then at the bottom of this screen there were three buttons, one of these buttons would say something like 'continue', and the two others would say 'donate'. These buttons would be randomly swapped every time the screen pops up, forcing you to either pay attention or risk mistakenly hitting the 'donate' button.

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* Blind Ferret Enterprises, In June 2011, the business developed characters of ''WebComic/{{Precocious}}'' [[BreakingTheFourthWall broke the fourth wall]] for producing ''Webcomic/LeastICouldDo'' and ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'', founder Ryan Sohmer is viciously against this. Whenever he comments about webcomics several strips in general or tries to give advice to people wanting to make webcomics, this is one of the first 'don'ts' on his list, right after 'fail to update when you promise to'. Sohmer does, however, post about his various Website/{{Kickstarter}} projects in the NewsPost section.
* ''Animemusicvideos'' used to have a particularly invasive manner of requesting donations. While the site was displayed, it would randomly pull up a screen asking
which they asked readers for donations, then at the bottom of this screen there were three buttons, one of these buttons would say something like 'continue', and the two others would say 'donate'. These buttons would be randomly swapped every time the screen pops up, forcing you to either pay attention or risk mistakenly hitting the 'donate' button.donations.



* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' asks you to turn [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/support.html these spiders into monies]] to make their dreams come true.

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* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' asks you to turn [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/support.html these spiders into monies]] to make their dreams come true.''Webcomic/ZebraGirl'' has a little animation below the comic begging for donations.



* When downloading ''Videogame/RunmanRaceAroundTheWorld'', you are asked to donate unless you're a "lame dude who only likes to support lame games". Well, bummer, but they'll give you the game anyway.
* ''Webcomic/HannaIsNotABoysName'' has wallpapers and extra comics as incentives to donate.
* ''Webcomic/ZebraGirl'' has a little animation below the comic begging for donations.
* ''Webcomic/GingersBread'' has a drawing of Ginger holding a tip jar.
* Both Creator/{{PBS}} and Creator/{{NPR}} are noncommercial and supported in part by ViewersLikeYou.
* ''Webcomic/FauxPas'' has a little icon of a dog dish labeled "Randy" (the name of the fox main character) which links to a donation site.
* ''Videogame/KingdomOfLoathing'' has a "please donate" plea from the creator on its front page, as well as a link to the donation form in the top tray (using the icon menu display option). Of course, considering donating enough money earns you a Mr. Accessory ([[BribingYourWayToVictory which are tradeable for special in-game items]]), this could just be for the convenience of speedrunners and/or people after the Item of the Month.
* In June 2011, the characters of ''WebComic/{{Precocious}}'' [[BreakingTheFourthWall broke the fourth wall]] for several strips in which they asked readers for donations.
* [[http://www.fast3d.co.uk/ Gerald Day]], a British creator of low-polygon Poser content, asks for [=PayPal=] donations of £1 or US$1.50 from Poser artists who use his free items.

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!!WebVideos
* When downloading ''Videogame/RunmanRaceAroundTheWorld'', you are asked ''Animemusicvideos'' used to donate unless you're have a "lame dude who only likes to support lame games". Well, bummer, but they'll give you particularly invasive manner of requesting donations. While the game anyway.
* ''Webcomic/HannaIsNotABoysName'' has wallpapers and extra comics as incentives to donate.
* ''Webcomic/ZebraGirl'' has
site was displayed, it would randomly pull up a little animation below screen asking for donations, then at the comic begging for donations.
* ''Webcomic/GingersBread'' has a drawing
bottom of Ginger holding a tip jar.
* Both Creator/{{PBS}} and Creator/{{NPR}} are noncommercial and supported in part by ViewersLikeYou.
* ''Webcomic/FauxPas'' has a little icon of a dog dish labeled "Randy" (the name of the fox main character) which links to a donation site.
* ''Videogame/KingdomOfLoathing'' has a "please donate" plea from the creator on its front page, as well as a link to the donation form in the top tray (using the icon menu display option). Of course, considering donating enough money earns you a Mr. Accessory ([[BribingYourWayToVictory which are tradeable for special in-game items]]),
this could just be for screen there were three buttons, one of these buttons would say something like 'continue', and the convenience of speedrunners and/or people after two others would say 'donate'. These buttons would be randomly swapped every time the Item of screen pops up, forcing you to either pay attention or risk mistakenly hitting the Month.
* In June 2011, the characters of ''WebComic/{{Precocious}}'' [[BreakingTheFourthWall broke the fourth wall]] for several strips in which they asked readers for donations.
* [[http://www.fast3d.co.uk/ Gerald Day]], a British creator of low-polygon Poser content, asks for [=PayPal=] donations of £1 or US$1.50 from Poser artists who use his free items.
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* Some ''Videogame/{{Minecraft}}'' servers combine this and BribingYourWayToVictory by offering perks, access to certain tools, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a different colored name]]. Though a lot of servers are fine (even some that do this are okay), many servers take it over the top.
* You could argue that crowd-funding sites like Website/{{Indiegogo}} and Website/{{Kickstarter}} are this sort of thing on a professional level. For example, ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'' used the former in order to make Seasons 3 and 4.
* Developers of custom Android firmware very frequently include donate links next to the download links for booze or coffee.
* The makers of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosCrossover'' already ran a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} funding for their ''Super Action Squad'' project, but are now asking for more donations so they can devote more time to developing it. There's a meter below the game's main menu showing how much they raised and how much they need, between which there is a ''big'' gap.



* A lot of online artists will usually ask their watchers or fans to donate in order to be able to produce more quality art and to feed themselves. Some artists may just straight up ask for donations while others may use things like Patreon to let people donate monthly while giving rewards back in return.

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* ''Series/{{Nerdist}}'' channel's ''Neil's Puppet Dreams'' has star Creator/NeilPatrickHarris do this at the end of each video. In the first few, he made it a point to tell the audience that it's ''not'' his junk to which he's pointing.

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* ''Series/{{Nerdist}}'' ''Podcast/NerdistPodcast'' channel's ''Neil's Puppet Dreams'' has star Creator/NeilPatrickHarris do this at the end of each video. In the first few, he made it a point to tell the audience that it's ''not'' his junk to which he's pointing.



* ''WebAnimation/{{Weegeepie}}'' [[PlayedForLaughs plays this for laughs]]:
--> "If you subscribe, you'll get free choccy milk! [[MoodWhiplash But if you don't...]] [[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioBrosSuperShow YOU'RE GONNA TURN]] [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment INTO A GOOMBA!]]



* ''WebVideo/TheDuelLogs'' uses an indirect variation: the videos end with "did you know, only X% of people who watch these videos are actually subscribed to the channel?"

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* ''WebVideo/TheDuelLogs'' ''The Duel Logs'' uses an indirect variation: the videos end with "did you know, only X% of people who watch these videos are actually subscribed to the channel?"



* You could argue that crowd-funding sites like {{Indiegogo}} and Website/{{Kickstarter}} are this sort of thing on a professional level. For example, ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'' used the former in order to make Seasons 3 and 4.

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* The makers of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosCrossover'' already ran a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} funding for their ''SuperActionSquad'' project, but are now asking for more donations so they can devote more time to developing it. There's a meter below the game's main menu showing how much they raised and how much they need, between which there is a ''big'' gap.

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* The makers of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosCrossover'' already ran a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} funding for their ''SuperActionSquad'' ''Super Action Squad'' project, but are now asking for more donations so they can devote more time to developing it. There's a meter below the game's main menu showing how much they raised and how much they need, between which there is a ''big'' gap.
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** The anime adaptation takes it further: the viewer takes the role of the clueless man of the strip and Popuko [[OminousVisualGlitch makes the screen glitch before turning it black]] and showing her presence to them via a sound at the door. If she rings at the doorbell in the first segment[[note]][[NigtmareRetardant a fact which can destroy the tension]], at not everybody has a doorbell[[/note]], she frantically knocks at the door in the second.

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** The anime adaptation takes it further: the viewer takes the role of the clueless man of the strip and Popuko [[OminousVisualGlitch makes the screen glitch before turning it black]] and showing her presence to them via a sound at the door. If she rings at the doorbell in the first segment[[note]][[NigtmareRetardant segment[[note]][[NightmareRetardant a fact which that can destroy the tension]], at not everybody has a doorbell[[/note]], she frantically knocks at the door in the second.
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[[Manga/PopTeamEpic To every one who has subscribed to our website, thank you as always!]] [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou And to you who haven't...]] [[ParanoiaFuel We're coming for you now.]]

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[[Manga/PopTeamEpic To every one who has subscribed to our website, thank you as always!]] [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou And to you who haven't...]] [[ParanoiaFuel ''[[ParanoiaFuel We're coming for you now.]]]]''
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** The anime adaptation takes it further, as Popuko makes the screen glitch before turning it black. If she rings at the doorbell in the first segment, she frantically knocks at the door in the second.

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** The anime adaptation takes it further, as further: the viewer takes the role of the clueless man of the strip and Popuko [[OminousVisualGlitch makes the screen glitch before turning it black. black]] and showing her presence to them via a sound at the door. If she rings at the doorbell in the first segment, segment[[note]][[NigtmareRetardant a fact which can destroy the tension]], at not everybody has a doorbell[[/note]], she frantically knocks at the door in the second.



[[Manga/PopTeamEpic To every one who has subscribed to our website, thank you as always!]] [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou To you who didn't...]] [[ParanoiaFuel We're coming for you now.]]

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[[Manga/PopTeamEpic To every one who has subscribed to our website, thank you as always!]] [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou To And to you who didn't...haven't...]] [[ParanoiaFuel We're coming for you now.]]
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* ''Manga/PopTeamEpic'', pictured above, [[http://68.media.tumblr.com/d01ab8a337c5d35bc76d99962f7a5191/tumblr_o99adkRBlT1r5kws5o1_500.jpg starts off normal]], then...

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* ''Manga/PopTeamEpic'', pictured above, [[http://68.media.tumblr.com/d01ab8a337c5d35bc76d99962f7a5191/tumblr_o99adkRBlT1r5kws5o1_500.jpg pictured above]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJiu-tSYYGE starts off as normal]], then...



[[SelfDemonstratingArticle Now]] [[ShamelessSelfPromoter please]] [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/knowerForm.php become a member of]] Website/TVTropes.

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[[SelfDemonstratingArticle Now]] [[ShamelessSelfPromoter please]] [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/knowerForm.php become a member of]] Website/TVTropes.[[Manga/PopTeamEpic To every one who has subscribed to our website, thank you as always!]] [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou To you who didn't...]] [[ParanoiaFuel We're coming for you now.]]

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* Parodied in ''Manga/PopTeamEpic'' - [[http://68.media.tumblr.com/d01ab8a337c5d35bc76d99962f7a5191/tumblr_o99adkRBlT1r5kws5o1_500.jpg it starts off normal]], then...

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** He apologizes for this in his last video [[spoiler:posthumously, explaining that the money was for his siblings' college fund should they choose to go to college.]]

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* The Levincia Gym in ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' has a Gym Test where you co-star in a stream held by Iono, the Gym Leader. At one point during this, she encourages viewers to “Smash that subscribe button”, with the criteria for you passing the test being if she gets enough new subscribers from the stream.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} 7'', one of Julia's win poses consists of her begging the audience watching her stream her fights to subscribe to her channel.

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* This is one of the many, many stock phrases that Spamton, an adbot with ElectronicSpeechImpediment from ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', uses:
** During Spamton's battle, one of the battle texts is "Great ENEMY! SUSCRIBE[sic] NOW!"
** If you defeat Spamton by sparing him, he'll ask you to come to his shop, before parting off by saying, "AND DON'T... FORGET! TO [[Like And Subscribe]] FOR MORE [[Hyperlink Blocked.]]"
** He also tells Kris to "[Like and Subscribe] FOR MORE [Hyperlink Blocked]!" when exiting his shop without having purchased the [=KeyGen=] item.
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**Also parodied on an episode of VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess where Dan says a rather threatening version.
-->'''Danny:''' Like coment and ''SURVIVE''.
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* At times Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} has banners that lead to pages with "personal appeals" explaining that they need donations to keep the servers running, etc. [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/2010-wikipedia-fundraising-campaign Parodies ensued]].

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* At times Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} Website/{{Wikipedia}} has banners that lead to pages with "personal appeals" explaining that they need donations to keep the servers running, etc. [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/2010-wikipedia-fundraising-campaign Parodies ensued]].



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* In [[http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2012-05-06/comic/the-bookend-of-unimaginable-power/the-revolution-will-be-televised/ this]] ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'' comic, it's revealed that Silas Morth has been vlogging the planning for his ritual to summon the Greater Daemon [[FluffyTheTerrible Kevin]] on VoodooTube in an attempt to corrupt the impressionable masses.

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* In [[http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2012-05-06/comic/the-bookend-of-unimaginable-power/the-revolution-will-be-televised/ this]] ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'' comic, it's revealed that Silas Morth has been vlogging the planning for his ritual to summon the Greater Daemon [[FluffyTheTerrible Kevin]] on VoodooTube in an attempt to corrupt the impressionable masses.
-->'''Morth''': (holding up an artifact) Hey Internet, Silas here. Look what arrived today! Check out the links in the description for instructions on how to draw your own summoning circle, and remember to subscribe to my channel.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/DYKGaming Did You Know Gaming]] ends every video not only with a request to subscribe to their channel, but also the personal channel of whomever is providing the narration for the video in question (with varying degrees of eloquency).

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/DYKGaming Did You Know Gaming]] ends every video not only with a request to subscribe to their channel, but also the personal channel of whomever is providing the narration for the video in question (with varying degrees of eloquency).eloquence).

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